Bragging on Facebook

[luvsJack]

I get very, very tired of the bragging posts of one of my friends. We are co-workers and I know that her life isn't all the peaches and cream she keeps spouting. I think she does it for the sake of the people from her old hometown but here the posts just seem beyond bragging because we know the truth.

Another friend who does all the lovey/dovey stuff with her husband, I try to ignore it but then she has to tell us everything she does--I finally just hid her posts from my feed. I really do not need to know what she cooks every night or when she gets a bath.

 

[starann]

And then 4 people will comment asking what's wrong, saying they're praying for them, etc. etc. and it's the last you hear of it. The next post by them says that they're making english muffin pizzas for dinner and then giving the kids a bath.

It's the cryptic, begging for attention posts on FB that really annoy me. It's ok every once in awhile, but I have a few FB friends who post crud like that EVERY DAY, have everyone send prayers or thoughts or ask what is wrong, then they post nothing back. If you didn't want to share it, you shouldn't have posted anything about it!!!!!

 

[Plannin'Shannon]

Best analogy (whoa that word looks strange!) ever!

Many don't limit themselves to FB. We have many who brag right her on the DIS. Some are so obvious and others try to pretend they need your opinion but in reality they wanted to tell you they bought _______.

So true. Let's change it to, the Internet is like one continuous Christmas letter. It's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year...

 

[mhawk4]

Sometimes I read the facebook posts of friends or people I knew in HS and think how come their life is so great and when sometimes I feel I cannot hold it all together. Then I have to remind myself that most of what they post is not true. Facebook is just like a HS yearbook where everyone writes what is so great about the other person.

One Christmas we got a letter from friends we have known since HS who talked about how their life was so great, their kids were so handsome, and generally portrayed themselves as this cute rich, perfect, preppy family. Flash forward and one son was kicked out of a prestigious private school for bad behavior, another son is gay, and the husband has been cheating on his wife again (something he did since he started dating his wife).

Note: I have nothing against anyone who is gay, many of my friends are gay, and if one of my children is gay, it does not matter. It is just that for them "gay" is not perfect. To me it almost funny that they have become everything they curled their lips up at.

Today I would like to post the following on facebook:

I am married to a man who is driving me crazy, won't get up and mow the law, I have two kids who are killing each other and all I want to do is go to bed and drink!

All in all, I love my crazy, dysfunctional, insane, busy life!

 

[southernbohemian]

My boyfriend's ex-wife posted about what a perfect and wonderful family she has - two days after kicking her high school daughter out of the house and telling her never to come back.

My dbf and I have recently become one of "those" couples - but not too bad, I hope. We had a "breakthrough" in our relationship recently after about a year of us both being too stubborn, and we're actively working on trying to be better people for each other. One of my complaints was that he wasn't affectionate enough in public - so about once a week he posts a nice song or a sweet message on my page. I used to make fun of those couples, oh well.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

A relative in her information wrote that she was mother to 2 great kids and loved being a mom and spending time with her children was the most important thing in her life.

Thats great except that she gave-up custody to her mom and sees the kids very little. She is only a few miles away, but sees them for a few hours every month.

This hits home. My mom left when I was 9. Moved to TX with a married man (we lived in NC). Didn't have one thing to do with me, but I found out she was bragging about how much she loved me. Not enough to tell me goodbye when she left, or try and contact me over the years.

 

[torinsmom]

And then 4 people will comment asking what's wrong, saying they're praying for them, etc. etc. and it's the last you hear of it. The next post by them says that they're making english muffin pizzas for dinner and then giving the kids a bath.

Are you sure you're not one of my ex's FB friends? He does this too

 

[southernbohemian]

It's the cryptic, begging for attention posts on FB that really annoy me. It's ok every once in awhile, but I have a few FB friends who post crud like that EVERY DAY, have everyone send prayers or thoughts or ask what is wrong, then they post nothing back. If you didn't want to share it, you shouldn't have posted anything about it!!!!!

One of my fb friends lost his father last year and was obviously hurting a lot - but he constantly posts semi-suicidal sounding posts and whenever anyone comments or calls him he's like "i'm kidding" or "it's just song lyrics" etc. After a couple of months most of us decided he just liked seeing who would respond - like he was testing his friends.

 

[qtwns]

Facebook is like one continuous Christmas letter.

My new favorite quote!

 

[kimblebee]

Many don't limit themselves to FB. We have many who brag right her on the DIS. Some are so obvious and others try to pretend they need your opinion but in reality they wanted to tell you they bought _______.

I looked for the like button for this one!

 

[moon]

What about the people on the opposite end of the spectrum, who post things like "I'm having a hard day", or "why do these things always happen to me?" with the express purposeof garnering sympathy from their FB friends.

And then 4 people will comment asking what's wrong, saying they're praying for them, etc. etc. and it's the last you hear of it. The next post by them says that they're making english muffin pizzas for dinner and then giving the kids a bath.

It's the cryptic, begging for attention posts on FB that really annoy me. It's ok every once in awhile, but I have a few FB friends who post crud like that EVERY DAY, have everyone send prayers or thoughts or ask what is wrong, then they post nothing back. If you didn't want to share it, you shouldn't have posted anything about it!!!!!

I thought I was the only one who know people like that!

What's with them? I mean, that behavior is odd, just writing cryptic messages, getting questions and support and never mention anything again? Weird....

But the one who makes me the most is one who writes messages such as "My leg is KILLING me!! PLEASE, I can't stand this PAIN!!!!, gets questions and support, then 20 minutes later is back saying "what shall I have for lunch? I can't decide". Never mentinong again the excruciating pain, or aknowdleging the questions or support. Strange....

 

[ALittleDisneyFan]

weee... this is fun!

My brother & exsil used to fight constantly - ON fb & OFF fb.. quite entertaining. the demise of their marriage was a hot mess if I ever did see one! When things were good between them.. it was "i love you, i have the best husband, i have the best wife, i have the best LIFE EVER" .. Guess not since it's splitsville!

They used to make the most disgusting comments to eachother. He'd comment on a pic of her tatas and say "I love rubbing my face in them" .. once, he wrote he loves rubbing her feet on his face. OH-KAY, TMI children!

My other exsil has a mental break down every couple of weeks.. she also goes from "in a relationship" to "single" whenever she has a fight with her boyfriend of almost 20 years.

I love facebook. I have one designated for my dysfunctional family & one for people I actually like!

 

[reelmom]

I have a friend that posts such stupid stuff like.."Just back from Wal-Mart. Had to go buy deodorant."

 

[golfgal]

The occasional pat on the back posts don't bother me but when EVERY post is about how wonderful your kids are and how they are the "best" at everything they do, it gets old--especially when you know their "success" isn't all that big of an accomplishment.

I have a few friends that EVERY post is a whine about something-the weather, work, their kids, etc.

My favorites are when a friend's kid gets into their parent's account and goes on and on about what wonderful children they are--those are pretty funny.

 

[*JoGo*]

I have a person on my friend's list... lists EVERY LITTLE THING she does all day long. Not in "real time", but at the end of the day. And if it was a good day, bad, whatever.


And there's another person I am NOT friends with, I have never set my eyes on this person, but she's friends with two people I'm friends with... Every single time they post something, she replies with "i need a night out" or "we should do something". It's become a joke. She drives me nuts and she's not even on my friend's list! But every time she posts on one of my friends' walls, it pops up on my newsfeed.

 

[Erin1700]

I hide people who are either too negative or too much bragging. Also people who check in everyday at every place they go.
I post good and bad stuff about my life. I have been known to tell people about my dd's swimming or my fav status that I use " an entire season of Supernanny could be filmed in my house!"

 

[sunnyday123]

I'm friends with a girl from school, who always talks about how wonderful her life is....she is just SO blessed.

She and her hubby always post little dings at each other, and I have to say, it cracks me up because all of their pictures seem to be of this lovey-dovey family.

The latest was a picture he posted of her and their youngest in the pool, and his comment was something along the lines of, "B is enjoying her cool, refreshing drink as H flails in the water!" Clearly the kid wasn't flailing or in distress at all, but she chimed in with a snide comment and his parting comment was, "It was a JOKE B, you're supposed to laugh. Remember when you used to do that?"

Every post is like that.

 

[Buckalew11]

I'm sure I post some stupid stuff.

And I get mad at BIL and post crap to him. I did that yesterday, as a matter of fact. I'm sure some people read it and wonder and others know. No one knows what he is doing though and if they did, they'd join me! lol It is a release for me, for some reason and one day soon, I'll just be able to say all of it to his face but until then, I sometimes vent.

 

[DaisyLynn]

While we're at it, let me just add that I can. not. stand. the "Talking Fetus" app or whatever the heck it's called. Congratulations, but I do not care that your baby has eyelids, or that the baby's poop is forming. I love babies just as much as the next chick, but I really just want to see a pic once he or she is born, all cute and snuggly in a blankie.

PS - Please don't announce that you are 5 weeks pregnant to your 1200 Facebook friends. If I had a dollar for every miscarriage that gets announced on FB shortly after a thousand-and-one congratulations posts, I'd be typing on a much nicer computer. \



ETA: This is a bit off topic from what the OP is talking about, maybe more in the TMI category. Sorry, rant over.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

I have one of those fb friends. Her kids are perfect, her MIL is an angel and the world's best babysitter, her husband is amazing, she's always having "the best time EVER" with "the most amazing friends!" Last week, she went on and on about how her dd was in her first "production", and raved at her acting abilities and how "amazing" the "production" was. My dd was in the same play. It's a very low-budget, unprofessional little kids theater class that meets after school and puts on a play in the school cafeteria. It's cute, the kids enjoy it and it's a good experience for them, but it's nothing like she described it on FB. I have to laugh when I see her posts, but when I think about it, I feel a little sorry for her. I can't imagine anyone would exaggerate and brag that way if they really were that happy.